Today is a special day. July 10 is the birthday of the late Dr Reesom Haile, the great Eritrean poet!
To celebrate his birthday, we are sharing one poem in English and Tigrinya for free. Plus, there is a 10% discount on his poetry collection አለዉና / አለዋና (Alewuna/Alewana) Everything We Have
OUR LANGUAGE
Welcome
To our language.
Taste
The sauce
With spicy melted
Butter,
Berbere pepper
And sea salt.
The bones are big
Not only for the flavor.
But take them
Like communion.
ቋንቋና
እዚ ቛንቋና
እዚ ትግርኛ
ክጥዕም
ጨው ኣሎዎ!
ክልምልም
ጠስሚ 'ሎዎ!
ክቐምም
በርበረ 'ሎዎ!
ክፍግም
ዓጽሚ 'ሎዎ!
ቅረብዎ ቀረብዎ
ኣስተማቕርዎ።
The poetry collection was curated by his daughter Desta Haile. Thanks to her efforts more of his poetry is now available to everyone, and each poem is published both in English and in Tigrinya.
Review from one of our readers:
"I've literally been reciting, Alewuna/ Alewana all day. childhood memories. My fave, thank you for bringing it back to our lives!"
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